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Begin Again. Fail Better: Preliminary Drawings in Architecture and Art
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Dorothee Messmer Katja Herlach

Begin Again. Fail Better

Preliminary Drawings in Architecture and Art

Dorothee Messmer,  Katja Herlach,  Helen Thomas

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English
Park Books
17 October 2024
Architectural structure & design
Begin Again. Fail Better: Preliminary Drawings in Architecture engages with one of the principal activities of the architect in the process of design: drawing by hand. It explores the act of designing through a focus on beginnings. Architects try, fail, try again, fail better until they start to move in the direction that ultimately becomes a building – or not.

This book brings together some 180 preliminary architecture drawings. More than 50 contemporary Swiss architecture firms each contributed two pieces that reveal something of their individual approach and understanding of architecture. This selection is enhanced by historical works by Swiss and European architects that come from four significant British and Swiss archival collections, dating from the 20th and back to the 16th century. The illustrations are complemented by essays providing a critical and historical framework, as well as a conversation engaging with the conditions and importance of failure within the design process. Brief Interludes by international architects, archivists and teachers, introducing a range of perspectives, round out this beautiful volume.

AUTHORS: Dorothee Messmer is director of Kunstmuseum Olten, where Katja Herlach serves as a curator and deputy director. Helen Thomas is a London- and Swiss-based architect, curator, and publicist.

SELLING POINTS: .

A beautiful, lavishly illustrated exploration of the act of designing in architecture through a focus on beginnings .

Offers a fascinating survey of contemporary Swiss architectural practice through a very specific lens .

Some 180 full colour illustrations combine contemporary drawings with exemplary historical pieces from important British and Swiss collections .

Critical and historical essays examine topics of creative practice .

Brief Interludes by international architects, archivists and achers offer a wide range of perspectives

180 colour illustrations
Edited by:   , ,
Imprint:   Park Books
Country of Publication:   Switzerland
Dimensions:   Height: 225mm,  Width: 300mm,  Spine: 24mm
Weight:   946g
ISBN:   9783038603757
ISBN 10:   3038603759
Pages:   218
Publication Date:  
Audience:   General/trade ,  ELT Advanced
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active

Dorothee Messmer is director of Kunstmuseum Olten, where Katja Herlach serves as a curator and deputy director. Helen Thomas is a London- and Swiss-based architect, curator, and publicist.

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